When Context Confuses: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 22 May 2011
Revised Common Lectionary page for 22 May 2011 (Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 7:55-60 •Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 •1 Peter 2:2-10 •John 14:1-14 This passage reminds me of two…
Link It. Link It Good!
What does the devil look like? A message to parents: lighten up, enjoy life, and fire up that in-car DVD player! (link posted and labeled by Gilmour) On the bad…
The Death and Resurrection of the Author
He must have regretted it for the rest of his life, but J.D. Salinger perfectly encapsulated the deep affection a reader develops for an author. “What really knocks me out,”…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #50: The Christian Humanist University
General Introduction – In which we put Season 4 to bed – David speaks in faith – Listener feedback – Looking for our most-distant listener – We apologize for last…
Osama Been Linkin'
The art of liveblogging the death of Osama bin Laden The Twitter feed in question Stephen Prothero on the sea burial of Osama bin Laden Jeff Wright asks some questions…
Ten Words, a Capital Letter, and an Ellipsis: A Review of Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren for Ooze Viral Bloggers
Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words by Brian D. McLaren 250 pp. $25.99, HarperOne I remember well the Christian Ministries: Formation (CMF) courses I took in…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #49: George Herbert
General Introduction – Cold opening and warning – What’s on the blog? – (The book review is coming tomorrow) – Thanks to Cap’n Thin! – More on the in-car DVD…
The Time of Your Exile: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 8 May 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 8 May 2011 (Third Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 2:14a, 36-41 •Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 •1 Peter 1:17-23 •Luke 24:13-35 Today’s reading from the first…
Link Around the Clock
A review of Harold Bloom’s 847th book. James K.A. Smith talks about the new evangelical universalism. Stanley Fish on the moral absurdity of formal disputes The eighties, once again, burst…
Our American Virgil
As an uninformed but opinionated teenager working my way through both youth group and Honors World History, I grew obsessed with the Fall of the Roman Empire. I must confess…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #48: Canons (Within Canons)
General Introduction – The end of an era – What we want on our statues – What’s on the blog? – Freshman comp clichés – More on DVD players in…
Who Says We're not All Doubters?: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 1 May 2011
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 1 May 2011 (Second Sunday of Easter, Year A) Acts 2:14a, 22-32 •Psalm 16 •1 Peter 1:3-9 •John 20:19-31 Thomas wasn’t there, and that matters.…
Spenser's Easter Sonnet
MOST glorious Lord of Lyfe! that, on this day, Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin; And, having harrowd hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive, us to win:…
Fellowship of Christian Ath-links
Adorno, Bordieu, and the iPod. Philosophy-of-technology geeks unite! How America can take John Winthrop’s most famous Biblical allusion more seriously The spooky and insidious implications of treating reality like a…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #47: Travel
General Introduction – The Dennis Miller ratio – What’s on the blog? And where’s that McLaren review? – On the rhetoric trilogy – A string of feel-good clichés Beginning with…